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1) Rick Riordan
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A biography of one of the most popular authors in the United States and creator of the adventures of Percy Jackson.
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A new biography about the groundbreaking author of The House on Mango Street and other works that describe the experiences of women and Mexican Americans. A Home in the Heart: The Story of Sandra Cisneros. Brackett's lively account, one of the first for YAs on this landmark writer, shows Cisneros crossing borders not only as a Chicana traveling between Chicago, San Antonio, and Mexico and as a woman who defies traditional family roles but also as...
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Ralph Waldo Emerson became a Unitarian minister when he was twenty-five years old, but soon began to question his commitment to the denomination's beliefs. Eventually, he resigned his ministry, choosing instead to write and speak about his own ideas. In the process, he became the most influential writer and philosopher in the United States of his day. Emerson's life was marked by ill health and family tragedies that challenged his commitment to his...